It’s the essence of business innovation to apply one business concept to another, completely different, business field. It’s also becoming increasingly common; just about every business model has been copied by someone launching a venture in a different venue.

There is perhaps no more iconic career advice than that offered by protagonist […]

Vancouver Sun: Life next to derelict million-dollar Vancouver home is far from rosy

A Vancouver woman has a cautionary tale for anyone living next to an abandoned house after she battled city authorities for months to stop strangers from partying on the decaying back porch of a rundown house across her lane.

Laura De Munain moved into her family’s Oak Street house on the outskirts of the tony […]

You Have A New Kind of Mortgage Broker Victoria

Well its about time it happened. You have a new kind of mortgage broker Victoria. This full service mortgage broker is working hard to find the exact product for a range of client situations including those with bad credit or recently out of bankruptcy. “It’s a moral issue.”, says mortgage broker Andrew Libera. “Obviously […]

Sudesh Kumar on Investing in Gold

This opinion comes from India. If you don’t know, India is the country that often foretells the future of Gold.

Sudesh Kumar: “Gold should be seen as one of the numerous investment options for accumulating wealth. The price of gold, which is primarily a commodity, tends to rise over time. Since investors do not adjust […]

Cornhusker Economics Outlook March 3-7

According to the Grant Island Independent the 9th annual Cornhusker Economics Outlook meetings are set to take place in March 2014. Among other items on the agenda will be perspectives on the policy environment in Washington. Also details on the much anticipated farm bill.

TELUS officially opened its state-of-the-art Internet Data Centre in Kamloops. One of eight TELUS Internet Data Centres across Canada, the Kamloops Internet Data Centre will serve as the foundation of TELUS’ next-generation cloud computing services for thousands of Canadian businesses. Designed to be scalable, the centre has the capacity to increase its physical footprint […]

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"This Changes Everything" - revolutionary conclusions drawn at climate crisis ...In Defense of Marxism“This Changes Everything” – an event inspired by the recent book of the same name by Canadian author Naomi Klein – marked an important ste […]

Never underestimate the power of the National TrustThe IndependentThey aim to change patterns of land use, steer environmental reforms, mould housing and infrastructure policy, and even take over the running of community assets from local authorities […]

The Globe and MailAthens isn't pretty, but it's exciting: discover the city's cultural rebirthThe Globe and MailSix years of economic crisis, and several decades of thoughtless urban development, have focused many minds here on the tas […]

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